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Pandora Art Exhibit
(third party event)

Pandora was Greek mythology’s the first mortal woman. Created by male gods, she livedwith her husband in a paradisiac setting. One day, Pandora was presented with a box,which she was forbidden to open under any circumstances. But she did open theinfamous box; and in so doing, it is written that she unwittingly unleashed sorrow andmisfortune for humanity. Told this way, the Pandora myth portrays women as weak andimpulsive troublemakers. Niagara psychologist and artist Dr. Ron Clavier stronglydisputes this degrading characterization, and casts Pandora in the light of the women thathave influenced him most.

“My wife, my mother, my sisters, my daughters and my female colleagues and friends arestrong, intelligent and courageous. Assuming that Pandora herself was such a woman, Iasked myself why she would have opened the box. When the answer came to me, I knew Ihad to re-invent the myth on canvas.”

The result is Clavier’s exhibition of 20 original oil paintings, collectively entitledPANDORA, which offers a new, egalitarian interpretation of events.http://ronclavier.com/studio/pandora/